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shake-and-bake

shake-and-bake is the alternative form of shake and bake.

Meaning of shake and bake

Noun

shake and bake (plural shake and bakes)

  1. (informal) Something fast, or easy to use or perform; a simple, crude object or action.
    • Yet, until the last few decades of the twentieth century, the approach that Levi describes, which chemists like to call ‘shake and bake’, was often the best they could do.2001, Philip Ball, Molecules: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, published 2003, page 24
  2. (US, historical, slang) A non-commissioned officer with little experience, qualified through a special course.

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Forms of shake-and-bake

Noun
pluralshake-and-bakes
Adjective
comparativemore shake-and-bake
superlativemost shake-and-bake

Questions about shake-and-bake

What is shake-and-bake the alternative form of?
Shake-and-bake is the alternative form of shake and bake.

Words near shake-and-bake in the dictionary

  1. shake the pagoda tree
  2. shake the plum tree
  3. shake together
  4. shake up
  5. shake-a-leg
  6. shake-and-bake
  7. shake-and-bakes
  8. shake-down
  9. shake-downs
  10. shake-up
  11. shake-ups

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